diff --git a/graphify/cli.py b/graphify/cli.py
index b6da90202..8283cbd8c 100644
--- a/graphify/cli.py
+++ b/graphify/cli.py
@@ -818,6 +818,21 @@ def dispatch_command(cmd: str) -> None:
             _raw = _json.loads(gp.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
             if "links" not in _raw and "edges" in _raw:
                 _raw = dict(_raw, links=_raw["edges"])
+            # `query` deliberately keeps the graph undirected (unlike `path` /
+            # `explain`, which force directed=True): BFS/DFS here must explore
+            # both callers and callees of the seed node to build useful
+            # context, and forcing a DiGraph would make G.neighbors() return
+            # successors only, silently dropping every caller-side result for
+            # a seed with no outgoing edges. Direction is instead preserved
+            # per-edge below (mirrors graphify/build.py's _src/_tgt pattern)
+            # so the *rendering* stays correct without narrowing traversal.
+            _raw = dict(
+                _raw,
+                links=[
+                    {**link, "_src": link.get("source"), "_tgt": link.get("target")}
+                    for link in _raw.get("links", [])
+                ],
+            )
             try:
                 G = json_graph.node_link_graph(_raw, edges="links")
             except TypeError:
diff --git a/graphify/serve.py b/graphify/serve.py
index 20e964723..fd82682e2 100644
--- a/graphify/serve.py
+++ b/graphify/serve.py
@@ -860,6 +860,14 @@ def _adj(n):
         if u in nodes and v in nodes:
             raw = G[u][v]
             d = next(iter(raw.values()), {}) if isinstance(G, (nx.MultiGraph, nx.MultiDiGraph)) else raw
+            # (u, v) is BFS/DFS visit order, not necessarily the true edge
+            # direction: on an undirected graph G.neighbors() walks callers
+            # and callees alike, so a caller->callee edge renders backwards
+            # whenever the callee is visited first. _src/_tgt (stashed on the
+            # edge data by the `query` CLI loader) carry the real direction;
+            # fall back to (u, v) for graphs/edges that don't set them.
+            src = d.get("_src", u)
+            tgt = d.get("_tgt", v)
             context = d.get("context")
             context_suffix = f" context={sanitize_label(str(context))}" if context else ""
             # The relation SITE (call/import/reference line in the source's
@@ -871,10 +879,10 @@ def _adj(n):
                 if _loc else ""
             )
             line = (
-                f"EDGE {sanitize_label(G.nodes[u].get('label', u))} "
+                f"EDGE {sanitize_label(G.nodes[src].get('label', src))} "
                 f"--{sanitize_label(str(d.get('relation', '')))} "
                 f"[{sanitize_label(str(d.get('confidence', '')))}{context_suffix}]--> "
-                f"{sanitize_label(G.nodes[v].get('label', v))}{at_suffix}"
+                f"{sanitize_label(G.nodes[tgt].get('label', tgt))}{at_suffix}"
             )
             lines.append(line)
     output = "\n".join(lines)
diff --git a/tests/test_query_cli.py b/tests/test_query_cli.py
index cf8eb6e56..0db4e6fa8 100644
--- a/tests/test_query_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_query_cli.py
@@ -51,6 +51,61 @@ def test_query_cli_heuristic_context_filter(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
     assert "build" not in out
 
 
+def _write_calls_graph(tmp_path):
+    """A single directed `calls` edge on an (on-disk) undirected graph.json,
+
+    the standard `graphify extract`/`update` output shape (`"directed":
+    false`, direction implied only by each link's source/target).
+    """
+    G = nx.Graph()
+    G.add_node("caller", label="caller_fn", source_file="a.py", source_location="L1", community=0)
+    G.add_node("callee", label="callee_fn", source_file="b.py", source_location="L1", community=1)
+    G.add_edge("caller", "callee", relation="calls", confidence="EXTRACTED", context="call")
+    graph_path = tmp_path / "graph.json"
+    graph_path.write_text(json.dumps(json_graph.node_link_data(G, edges="links")))
+    return graph_path
+
+
+def test_query_cli_preserves_calls_direction_when_seeded_on_callee(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
+    """`graphify query` must render `calls` edges caller->callee regardless of
+    which endpoint the query term matches first.
+
+    The graph `query` loads is undirected (so BFS/DFS can explore both
+    callers and callees of the seed), so `G.neighbors()` returns `caller_fn`
+    as a neighbor of `callee_fn` with no direction of its own. Before the
+    fix, the renderer assumed the BFS/DFS visit order (u, v) was the edge's
+    (source, target), so seeding on the callee printed the edge backwards:
+    "callee_fn --calls--> caller_fn". graph.json's `source`/`target` for this
+    edge stay correct on disk either way; only the query rendering was wrong.
+    """
+    graph_path = _write_calls_graph(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mainmod, "_check_skill_version", lambda _: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        mainmod.sys,
+        "argv",
+        ["graphify", "query", "callee_fn", "--graph", str(graph_path)],
+    )
+    mainmod.main()
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "caller_fn --calls" in out
+    assert "callee_fn --calls" not in out
+
+
+def test_query_cli_preserves_calls_direction_when_seeded_on_caller(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
+    """Same edge, seeded from the caller side — must stay correct too."""
+    graph_path = _write_calls_graph(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mainmod, "_check_skill_version", lambda _: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        mainmod.sys,
+        "argv",
+        ["graphify", "query", "caller_fn", "--graph", str(graph_path)],
+    )
+    mainmod.main()
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "caller_fn --calls" in out
+    assert "callee_fn --calls" not in out
+
+
 def test_query_cli_rejects_oversized_graph(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
     """#F4: query CLI must refuse to parse a graph.json that exceeds the cap."""
     import pytest